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In the trenches: Home healthcare providers take extra steps to keep everyone safe during visits

Cindy Hill

January 21, 2021 |

FreshWater Cleveland |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

When the coronavirus pandemic impeded how home care professionals could perform their jobs, many organizations had to adapt to new protocols. In Ohio, the Visiting Nurses Association pivoted to create a COVID-19 “SWAT team” of nurses and clinicians. This model allows the nurses to travel in pairs rather than solo, although only one enters the home, while the other stays outside and compiles the record. Meanwhile, Early Intervention (EI) specialists have pivoted to tele-Intervention, which involves therapists virtually watching parent's interaction with their child and then coaching them further.

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In pursuit of self-determined development, Borneo's indigenous tribes turn to homegrown renewables

Tim Ha

January 21, 2021 |

Eco-Business |

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Response Location: Malaysia, Kampung Buayan, Borneo

An indigenous-led nonprofit group called Tonibung installed a micro-hydro electrical system for a village deep in Borneo’s rainforests. The project not only supplied much-needed energy for the villagers of Kampung Buayan, but it is also protecting the surrounding ecosystems, creating jobs for people, and encouraging youth to get involved. “We want to advocate for native rights to self-determination and empower indigenous groups to choose the kind of development that meets the aspirations of their people,” says the founder of the organization.

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One peninsula tribe's journey through a year of coronavirus

Manola Secaira

January 21, 2021 |

Crosscut |

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Response Location: United States, Taholah, Washington

In Washington state, the Quinault Indian Nation has taken an aggressive and proactive approach to control the spread of COVID-19 amongst their community, and these efforts are showing success. Using a combination of tactics including contact tracing, closing the borders to their reservation, isolation procedures, and partnering with the local county, the tribal region has seen fewer cases compared to other areas.

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How Solar Panels Could Help Save Struggling Farms

XiaoZhi Lim

January 18, 2021 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

As the amount of farmland decreases in the United States and climate change brings hotter and drier conditions, many farmers are turning to agrivoltaics — growing crops and installing solar panels on the same land — as a way to make ends meet. Research on a garden in Arizona showed that certain crops like tomatoes and chiltepin peppers were able to thrive under the shade of solar panels, while also improving the solar panels’ productivity. “It’s a very unique positive feedback,” said one of the researchers.

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How British Scientists Found the More Infectious Coronavirus Variant

Benjamin Mueller

January 16, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

In March when fewer than 100 coronavirus infections had been found in the U.K, researchers in Cambridge decided to begin sequencing coronavirus samples as part of an "unparalleled surveillance system for Covid" that could identify and track possible mutations or the virus. This effort – which involves labs sending leftover material from testing swabs to the researcher's genomics lab where they are stored and analyzed – has culminated in hundreds of thousands of genome sequences and "sounded an alarm for the world" about the new fast-spreading variant.

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Need a place for school age students to learn online in Detroit? A new child care scholarship offers a quick solution.

Koby Levin

January 15, 2021 |

Chalkbeat Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

In Michigan, state officials started offering child care subsidies to online learners ages 5-12, nearly 20,000 children enrolled. The aid is helping parents, guardians, and caretakers of school-age children continue to work while their children receive guided instruction. Local organizations and non-profits are offering scholarships to help parents pay for childcare since it takes close to a month for them to receive subsidy funds.

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

Javeria Salman

January 14, 2021 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: Iraq

Hello Future is a non-profit teaching digital literacy at a refugee camp in Iraq. The program aims to teach refugees aged 13-18 marketable skills, and does so through "mobile-first" initiatives, where "90% of the program is taught on a phone," coupled with in-person classes, where students learn how to use search engines, and Google Docs. The organization has now expanded its program to students in the U.S., while adapting it to fit into remote learning due to restrictions caused by the pandemic.

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The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents

Tinglong Dai

January 14, 2021 |

The Conversation |

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Response Location: United States, West Virginia

Most states in the U.S. are struggling to effectively and efficiently distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, while "West Virginia became the first state to finish round one of the two-dose vaccine series in nursing homes." The key to the state's success included preemptively preparing a vaccination dissemination plan and partnering with independent and chain pharmacies.

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Pandemic Boosts Effort to Improve Inmates' Welfare

Evidence Chenjerai

January 14, 2021 |

Global Press Journal |

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Response Location: Zimbabwe

As part of the coronavirus lockdown in Zimbabwe, people were banned from visiting prisons, but a mobile app has allowed relatives to send supplies to those who are incarcerated via their cellphone. This newest initiative in the succession to reform the prison system uses mobile money to send supplemental goods from the prison’s tuck shop to relatives who are incarcerated.

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How Denmark is administering vaccines at three times the rate of Ireland

Naomi O’Leary

January 13, 2021 |

The Irish Times |

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Response Location: Denmark

Denmark public health workers have been able to distribute nearly their entire supply of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks in part to early preparation tactics and "a capable health system." Although the country had to procure special freezers and pay more by choosing to move forward with the first vaccine on the market, the success to administer the vaccinations to the public "far outstrips other EU countries."

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